Famous Quotes & Sayings

Shona Robison

I would support a reduction in sickness absence, but the executive must address pressures that force too many people to work too many hours in stressful conditions.

Nick Saban

He's going to have to carry a little more than maybe he's ready for. We're very pleased with his development, but in the absence of Ricky, we're going to lean on him a little more than we would like to.

John Pickett

Today is a one-piece news day, and we'll have several such days ahead as the market focuses on the economy in the absence of any other major indicators until December. I wouldn't put too much emphasis on this rally because this market can still turn on a dime on any negative news. I think we'll be stuck in a trading range until then.

Cynthia Ozick

I think at this moment, in the absence of Bellow, that Roth is the most courageous American writer. There's nothing he's afraid to say.

William Raspberry

It isn't the incompetence of mothers that is at issue, but the absence of half of the adult support needed for families to be most effective.

John Barr

It is not RNZ's policy to comment on individual staffing matters, however media reports relating to Mr Plunket's absence from RNZ have been inaccurate,

David Trimble

In the absence of those certainties, in the absence of those commitments, we have decided it's premature to form a shadow administration,

Doug Schoen

In the absence of specifics that would throw his nomination into doubt, Democrats will be loath to want to be as combative and confrontational as they might otherwise be.

John Bolton

In the absence of serious Syrian cooperation on substantive matters, the mission can't get to the ultimate truth. That is what is seems to me the focus the U.N. Security Council should be.

Publilius Syrus

The judge is condemned when the criminal is acquitted

Dag Hammarskjold

The myths have always condemned those who ''looked back.'' Condemned them, whatever the paradise may have been which they were leaving. Hence this shadow over each departure from your decision.

David Horowitz

Terrorists and totalitarian radicals are lionized as fighters for social justice. Israelis and Americans are condemned as Nazis.

Richard Ben-Veniste

Were there contacts over time between Iraq and al-Qaeda? Yes, there were efforts made to communicate. We found no evidence of collaboration in any effort to mount any kind of operation against the United States' interests.

Traian Basescu

Romania will continue to fulfil its obligations in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Robert Byrd

The money the president wants to borrow for Iraq will come directly out of the American taxpayer wallets in the form of Medicare and Social Security receipts. That's your money

Robin Hayes

I have been to Iraq on a number of occasions. I was with the first group that went in.

Sandy Berger

The possibility that Saddam Hussein will use his biological and chemical weapons to attack us, directly or in concert with terrorists, cannot be dismissed.

Vladimir Zhirinovsky

I've never signed any contract and never received a cent from Iraq.

Walter Cronkite

The invasion of Iraq was illegal from the start.

Walid Jumblatt

The Syrian regime is helping the insurgency in Iraq and allowing all kinds of militants to come in and out, and go to Iraq to attack random soldiers and innocent people.

Walid Jumblatt

We are all happy when U.S. soldiers are killed week in and week out. The killing of U.S. soldiers in Iraq is legitimate and obligatory.

Frank Kimmel

He was a grizzly, old veteran, just a real hard-nosed racer, ... He would run all day long, and then all of a sudden with 20 (laps) to go, you would look up and he would be leading the race.

N. R. Narayana Murthy

Leading by example is the most powerful advice you can give to anybody.

Kurt Ebenhoch

Our on-time performance was at its lowest point in the weeks leading up to the strike,

Robert Lane

I plan on leading this team to victory.

Robert Jobson

Camilla is well and truly in the fold. She has taken a leading position in the monarchy and is effectively going to be queen one day.

John Clayton

If somebody new was to come in, it might open it up. Of the leading candidates, three are with the league and the other (top candidate) is Rich McKay -- and they all share the same approach.

Rena Sofer

I'm a character actress. It doesn't mean I can't do leading roles; I don't think of myself as a leading lady.

Doug Firebaugh

The life you are leading is simply a reflection of your thinking.

Ryan Routzon

Everyone has to step up. Lucas can't be leading us all the time.

Scott McCallum

What you don't read about, it's never a story of the 98 percent who are doing things right and view this as a public service and want it to work.

Robert McGrath

He's able to do about 80 percent of what he did this year.

Paul Reiser

He's 50 percent Peter Falk, 50 percent my own father,

Michael Andretti

He's all but signed. It's not 100 percent done, but we're down to the piddly stuff.

Ed Peterson

We're probably doing 60 percent as many ships as we had been before the storm.

Eric Price

What you see here on the facility, we are probably running about 90 percent of our workforce.

Sarah Parcak

I think archaeologists are stuck, and we are losing our past at a very rapid rate. Tens of thousands of sites will be lost, and we've only unveiled a tiny percent of the past.

Ronaldo Ronaldo

I'm only going to play if I'm 100 percent fit,

Joe Horn

In my heart, I'm 150 percent ready to play.

Azzam Tamimi

I actually have a moderating influence, rather than radicalizing influences,

Aidan Gillen

'Heroes', 'Desperate Housewives', 'The Sopranos' - they're all very stylised. 'The Wire' is much more rooted in realism and honesty. In American television, I can't think of anything I'd rather have been in because it has got something to say and that is the kind of thing I want to do.

Brian Penn

It could have been worse. They could have been using grenades rather than eggs.

Jason Alexander

There is no community service in 'Seinfeld.' But rather than lauding that, I think it shows the insane banality of it.

Yvonne Johnson

I think we need to do that rather than just talk about it.

Luigi Speranza

We look at this a temporary blip rather than a sign the recovery is fading.

Ruzwana Bashir

In the end, I'd rather wear a nice dress, and if someone is not going to take me seriously, that's so superficial.

Kelly Slater

I tend to do a lot better here when it's big rather than when its small.

Lois Capps

I read that in the Wall Street Journal, and I find it rather offensive,

Bill Belichick

He's a role player. His role's to play every snap. He does so many things well in so many situations. He's so dependable. You want him in there for everything.

Shane Victorino

Whatever my role is, I'm going to do my best. It's all I ever wanted.

Philip Ruddock

I don't know that there is a role to look at departmental matters.

William James

Each of us is in fact what he is almost exclusively by virtue of his imitative-ness.

Will Gluck

There are not that many roles in comedies that are completely driven by a young actress.

Rebecca De Mornay

I've never committed to a role without a script.

Richard Schiff

I've been very lucky not to have turned down too many roles that I've later regretted.

Robert Mueller

In planning an attack, persons have various roles.

Ryan Reynolds

'Green Lantern' I screen-tested for twice. I fought for the role. And I'm glad I did, because I felt like I earned it.

Warren Buffett

Take the high road; it's far less crowded.

Wellington Mara

I'm not taking that. Go ahead, it's here, just take it.

Maureen Caddigan

I know he is taking this very seriously.

Bam Margera

I just had the worst wake up ever, so I'm taking it out on Dunn.

Cedric Bozeman

I'm just taking it day to day. It's tough to handle.

Nancy Grace

The reality is, when you're representing someone that's guilty, you're in the position of taking that position.

Nathan Bedford Forrest

Never stand and take a charge... charge them too.

Phil McGraw

Take the high road, there's a lot less traffic up there.

Abraham Torres

I've been up there a long time. I just don't see the justification for what is taking place.

Winfield Scott Hancock

Sir, it is not God who will assemble us on the battlefield, nor position our troops, nor place the cannon, and it is not God who will aim the musket.

Diane Ravitch

You can't lead your troops if your troops do not trust you.

David Bonderman

Prices are always lower when the troops are in the street.